Chord Booklet

They Might Be Giants

10 songs|24 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

Bbdim

F#m

Adim

Bsus4

C#m

D/F

Bills Bills Bills

Key: AHard

At firA5st we staErted out rA5eal cool

A5Taking meE places I A5ain't never been

D5But now, you're getting comforE5table

E5Ain't doing those things you did no more

D5You're slowly making me pay for things

EYour money should be handling

A5And now Eyou ask tA5o use my car (car)

A5Drive itE all day A5and don't fill up the tank

D5And you have the audacity E5

E5To even come and step to me

D5Ask to hold some money from me

EUntil you get your check next week

AmYou triflin', good for nothinEg type of brother

AmSilly me, why haven't I foundE another?

DmA baller, when times get hEard

EI need someone to help me out

DmInstead of a scrub like yEou

EWho don't know what a man's about

AmCan you pay my Ebills?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

AmCan you pay my biElls?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

A5Now you've been maExing out mA5y card (card)

A5Gave me bad crediEt, buyin' A5me gifts with my own ends

D5Haven't paid the firstE5 bill

E5But instead you're headin' to the mall

D5Goin' on shopping sprees perpetrating

ETelling your friends that you be ballin'

A5And then you use mEy cell phA5one (phone)

A5Callin' whoever thEat you thA5ink's at home

D5And then when the bill coE5mes

E5All of a sudden you be acting dumb

D5Don't know where none of these calls come from

E5When your momma's number's here more than once

AmYou triflin', good for nothing Etype of brother

AmSilly me, why haven't I found aEnother?

DmA baller, when times get harEd

EI need someone to help me out

DmInstead of a scrub like youE

EWho don't know what a man's about

AmCan you pay my Ebills?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

AmCan you pay my biElls?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

AYou triflin', good for nothing type of brotEher

AOh silly me, why haven't I found another E

AYou triflin', good for nothing type of Ebrother

AOh silly me, why haven't I found anotherE

AYou triflin', good for nothing type of broEther

AOh silly me, why haven't I found another E

AYou triflin', good for nothing type of broEther

AOh silly me, why haven't I found another E

AmCan you pay my Ebills?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

AmCan you pay my biElls?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

AmCan you pay my Ebills?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

AmCan you pay my biElls?

ECan you pay my telephone bills?

GDo you pay my automo' bills?

DIf you did then maybe we could chill

FI don't think you do

ESo, you and me are through

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You're On Fire

Key: BmMedium

BmHi, I forgot your name. Whatever.

GMy Gpoint Dis Em

GHi, your Ghead's Don Emfire

Oh Gdamn,D Em you Bmmust've got

Gone of Dthem Em ComBmbustible

Gheads DI rEmead an artBmicle

Gall abDout themEm Bm

You're on Gfire D Em Bm

You're on GfireD Em Bm

I won't Glie D Em Bm

You're on GfirDe Em Bm

Refrain

GCombusDtible hEmead (I Bmwon't lie)

GCombusDtible hEmead Bm

BmHey, how's it goin'? Is that your car they're towin'? I'm pretty sure that's your car.

GNo, you can't Gpark Dthere Em

GWhoa, your Ghead's Don Emfire

Oh Gdamn,D Em you Bmmust've got

Gone of Dthem Em ComBmbustible

Gheads DI rEmead an Bmarticle

Gall abDout themEm Bm

You're on Gfire D Em Bm

I won't Glie D Em Bm

You're on GfireD Em Bm

Refrain

GCombusDtible hEmead (I Bmwon't lie)

GCombusDtible hEmead Bm

EmThe lights are EmlowD

The EmmusCic is extrEmemeDly loud G D Em Bm G D Em Bm

EmYou're hard to EmgetD to knowEm C

But you're easy to EmspoDt in a crowd G D Em Bm G D Em Bm

As I'm Gsure Dyou're Emaware

You've Bmgot Gone oDf thoseEm rare

ComBmbustible hGeads DI Emread an Bmarticle Gall aDbout themEm Bm

You're on Gfire D Em Bm

I won't Glie D Em Bm

You're on GfireD Em Bm

Oh GdaDmnEm, you Bmmust've got Gone of DtheEmm (Oh damn)

CombBmustible Gheads (You must've got one of them)

DI Emread an Bmarticle Gall aDbout EthemBm (Combustible head)

You're on Gfire (ComDbustible Emhead) Bm

I won't Glie (ComDbustible Emhead) Bm

You're on Gfire (ComDbustible Emhead) Bm

G D Em I Bmwon't lie

G D Em I Bmwon't liGe-iD-i Em Bm

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Let's Get This Over With

Key: DMedium

Bbdim

DThe drumbeat never EmchaGnges tempo D

DIt's steady likEme aG rock

DAnd like a rock it cEmrusGhesD you as it gets louEmderG

DThe drum gets loudeEmr aGndD loudeEmr G

DAnd you know there is noEm paGrkiDng on the dance floEmor G

AAnd when you wBbdimake up you can Bfeel yGour hDair gGrow

ACrawl out of your Bbdimcave and you can Bwatch yGour DshaAdow

EmCreep across the Gground until the Bday iAs dDone

EmAll the while the Gplanet circles 'Bround Athe Dsun

EmEverybody Gknows how this Dgoes Gso Dlet's Gget Emover it

And Glet's get thisB overA witDh

DEven when you're out of EmworGk yDou still have a job to Emdo G

DEven when you don't know EmwhaGt it Dis

DYour job knows what iEmt iGs

DWhat it is is Emit'Gs coDming to get yEmou G

DI'm talking to mysEmelfG evenD when I'm saying "EmyouG"

AAnd when you wBbdimake up you can Bfeel yGour hDair gGrow

ACrawl out of your Bbdimcave and you can Bwatch yGour DshaAdow

EmCreep across the Gground until the Bday iAs dDone

EmAll the while the Gplanet circles 'Bround Athe Dsun

EmEverybody Gknows how this Dgoes Gso Dlet's Gget Emover it

And Glet's get thisB overA witDh

GAfter all the sDpelling mistakes

GAfter all the gDroping in the dark

EmCan this page of sBtrange gibberish

EmGet a final puAnctuation mark?

DYou're still EmhanGging aDround the clEmambGake

DAfter every clamEm haGs bDeen baked Em G

DNo applausEme G

DAwkward paEmuseG

DHand extendeEmd wGaitDing for a shakeEm G

AAnd when you wBbdimake up you can Bfeel yGour hDair gGrow

ACrawl out of your Bbdimcave and you can Bwatch yGour DshaAdow

EmCreep across the Gground until the Bday iAs dDone

EmAll the while the Gplanet circles 'Bround Athe Dsun

EmEverybody Gknows how this Dgoes Gso Dlet's Gget Emover it

And Glet's get thisB overA witDh

EmHurry up and lGet's get this BoveAr wiDth

EmYou don't have to go Ghome but you cBan't sAtay hDere

EmEverybody kGnows how this gDoes sGo lDet's gGet oEmver it

And lGet's get this BoveAr witDh

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Whistling In The Dark

Key: AHard

A woman Acame up to me and said Em

"I'd Alike to poison your mind Em

With Awrong ideas that appeal to Emyou

Though AI am not unkind" Em

She Alooked at me, I looked at sEmomething

WAritten across her scalp Em

And Athese are the words that it faintly Emsaid

As I Atried to call for help:A7

There's Donly one thing that I Emknow how to do Awell

And I've Bmoften been told that you Gonly can do

What you kAnow how to do wDell

And that's be Gyou, A

Be what you're Glike, A

Be like yourGself, E7

And so I'm Ahaving a wonderful Ftime

But I'd rather be wChistling in the dark Dm

WhBbistling in the dark C

WChistling in the darkDm

WBbhistling in the darkC

WChistling in the darDmk

WBbhistling in the darkC

There's oCnly one thing that I likeDm

And that is Bbwhistling in the darkC

aDh aEmh aCh aDh

A Aman came up to me and sEmaid

"I'd Alike to change your mindEm

By Ahitting it with a rock," he Emsaid,

"Though AI am not unkind." Em

We Alaughed at his little joke Em

And then I Ahappily walked away Em

And Ahit my head on the wall of the Emjail

Where the Atwo of us live today. A7

There's Donly one thing that I Emknow how to do Awell

And I've oBmften been told that you Gonly can do

What you kAnow how to do wDell

And that's be Gyou, A

Be what you're Glike, A

Be like yoursGelf, E7

And so I'm haAving a wonderful Ftime

But I'd rather be wChistling in the darkDm

WhBbistling in the darCk

WChistling in the darDmk

WBbhistling in the darCk

WChistling in the darDmk

WBbhistling in the darkC

There's oCnly one thing that I likDme

And that is Bbwhistling in the daCrk

There's oDnly one thing that I Emknow how to do Awell

And I've oBmften been told that you oGnly can do

What you kAnow how to do wDell

And that's be Gyou, A

Be what you're Glike, A

Be like yoursGelf, E7

And so I'm haAving a wonderful Ftime

But I'd rather be wChistling in the darDmk

WhBbistling in the darCk

WChistling in the darDmk

WBbhistling in the darCk

WChistling in the darDmk

WBbhistling in the darCk

WhCistling, whistlingDm

WhiBbstling in the darCk

aDh aEmh aCh aDh

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Erase

Key: GMedium

You andG I willG be toGgetherG when weG shed ourG memD6ory G

I won'tG wear anG orangeG sweaterG when IG get itG off D6of meG

When it'sG as itG somedayG is itG alwaysG will haveG been D6the caseG

When yourG everG-searchingG fingerG finds theG buttonG marked D6eraseG

CFinger find the button marked eGrase

CLike a deep sea diver falling Aminto a mermDaid's embrace

Put Gone box Gon the sideGwalk then Gyou return Gwith the next Gand the first D6one's goneG

EveryGone gets Gon the bus Gout of town Gand the lights Gstart going Gout one D6by oneG

ButEmton Emmarked EmeraEmaaaCase

When Gdarlings must be Ammurdered

When your Cheartbreak overDwhelms your heart

Think ofG this asG solvingG problemsG that shouldG neverG have D6occurredG

Please don'tG call itG stranguG-lationG, that isG such anG ugD6ly wordG

CPress erase, ignore the shrill aGlarms

CSee the way the deep sea diver Amfalls into the Dmermaid's arms

Put Gone box Gon the sideGwalk then Gyou return Gwith the next Gand the first D6one's goneG

EveryGone gets Gon the bus Gout of town Gand the lights Gstart going Gout one D6by oneG

ButEmton Emmarked EmeraEmaaaCase

When Gdarlings must be Ammurdered

When your Cheartbreak overDrides the very

ThCing Emyou EmcanEmnot EmfaaaCace

The Gskeletons that Amwon't stay down

The Cmercy kill that Dcan't be drowned

PutG boxG sidewalkG thenG returnG nextG first D6one goneG

EveryoneG onG busG outG lightsG outG one D6by oneG

CFinger find the button marked eGrase

CLike a deep sea diver falling Aminto a merDmaid's embrace

Put Gone box Gon the sideGwalk then Gyou return Gwith the next Gand the first D6one's goneG

EveryGone gets Gon the bus Gout of town Gand the lights Gstart going Gout one D6by oneG

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I Can't Remember The Dream

Key: AHard

F#m

AI can't Dremember theE dream that IA had last nigDht

But I Ewoke with deAlight and eDxcitement

And Ethen when I Atried to rDemember the dEream that AI had last niDght

It waEs gone but the Afeeling I Dhad in the Edream stayed on

AWhen I'm awDake and I loBmok around mEe

I can faF#mithfully rBmecord everythiDng that I can Csee

AMost of my Dmemories Bmtend to be Esad

So I F#mwish I could Bmremember the dEream that I Ahad

CDBmD

CDE

AI can't remDember the dEream that I Ahad last Dnight

If EI could I Awould write iDt out, undEerline the hAighlights

Of the Ddream that Ewould nowA redefine Dmy life

Be a Enew road Amap, affiDrmation, and guiEding light

AWhen I'm awDake I note aBmll that I sEee

AnF#md remember it with Bmphotographic DaccuracyC

AMost of my Dmemories tenBmd to be badE

And I'F#mm sad I can'tBm remember the Edream that AI had

WF#mhy can't I rememberBm it

Cwhen

I Dcan't

Bmforget

Dunpleasant Ethoughts?

IC want to Dpush them Eaway

C They creepD like weeds,Bm

like wDeeds they covEer aCll the DflowerbEeds

ADEADE

AI can't remDember the dEream that I Ahad last Dnight

BEut the simAple fact thatD my mind cEould concoctA such a thing

ADs the increEdible dream that I haAd last niDght

Is a Eclue to the kAey to a dDoor to a world lEike that

AMy daily liDfe doesn't iBmnterest me E

IF#mt's a never-ending Bmlitany of paiDn and ennuCi

AThis wakingD nightmare is dBmriving me mEad

And I F#mwish I could Bmremember the dEream that IA had

AWhen I'm awDake I note aBmll that I sEee

AF#mnd remember it withBm photographicD accuracCy

AAll of my mDemories makeBm me feel baEd

And I'F#mm sad I can'tBm remember the Edream that AI had

WF#mhy can't I reBmmember the dreEam that I hAad?

WF#mish I could go Bmlive in the Edream that I hFad

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Shape Shifter

Key: EHard

F#m

Adim

Bsus4

C#m

EI've got a Abig old Bproblem

EI've got a Bbig old Bproblem

AShape shifters Ball around

EWhere did my E7worDld go?

AOne minute Ameverything is

EHome and Afriends and ENew York ATimes and Elawn A E A

F#mBeware the blob they said

AdimHow was I to know they meant the

Bsus4UPS delivery man

Bsus4The koi in the tank and the anchorwoman?

EI've got a Abig old Bproblem

EI've got a Abig old C#mproblem

Bsus4Shape shifters all aBround

AShape shifter, Dshape shifter

CYou gotta Gquit that

AShifting of Dshapes

I acCcepted what you Gwere and then

EmEverything Achanged

EmAnd I don't want to Alive in any

F#mPlace where the people are

Bsus4Shifting their shapes

EThey're such a E7liaDr

AThey said the Amplanet wouldn't

EUnduAlate and Ethen burst Ainto EflameAs E A

F#mWhat used to be my house?

AdimIs it that purple tentacle?

Bsus4Or is that the TV repairman?

Bsus4The clarinet? The vegetable stand?

EI've got a Abig old Bproblem

EI've got a Abig old C#mproblem

Bsus4Shape shifters all aBround

AShape shifter, Dshape shifter

CYou gotta Gquit that

AShifting of Dshapes

I acCcepted what you Gwere and then

EmEverything Achanged

EmAnd I don't want to Alive in any

F#mPlace where the people are

Bsus4Shifting their shapes

I've got a big old Eproblem

I've got a Abig old C#mproblem

Bsus4Shape shifters all around

If you're F#msomeone I used to know

I sure don't Adimrecognize you, so

Bsus4I'm only hanging round amorphous mounds

Bsus4In the town where nothing familiar can be found

EI've got a Abig old Bproblem

EI've got a Abig old C#mproblem

Bsus4Shape shifters all around

Bsus4Shape shifters all around (shape shifters all around)

Bsus4Shape shifters all around

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By The Time You Get This

Key: AHard

F#m

By the Atime you Eget this Dnote

We'll no Bmlonger Ebe aAlive

We'll have Aall gone Eup in Dsmoke

There'll be Bmno way Eto reAply

You'll be FwondeGring aDbout the Eworld that Avanished Clong Dago

And the F#mwords that Ereach you Dnow

That were Dburied EunderAground

AGreeEtings to Deveryone in BmNineteen EThirty-ASeven

It seems Athat Eyou were Dnever aBmware that Ewe were Ahere

You're FprobaGbly too Dbusy Ere-Ajoicing Cin the Dpresent

To stop F#m- and Ebe reDminded of the Ddark and Etroubled Apast

By the Atime you Eget this Dnote

We'll no Bmlonger Ebe aAlive

But our Askulls are Esmiling Dstill

At the Bmthought of Ethings to Acome

We can FconfiGdently Dknow that Eyou'll enAjoy a Cbetter Dworld

When the F#mevils Ethat we Dfaced

Will at Dlast be Elaid to Arest

When the F#mpoisons of the BmEarth

Are comCpletely neutraF#mlized

When the F#mhatred and the Bmlies

Are forCever put F#maside

When the Dvoices Eof disBsent and CcontraF#mdiction Aall aBbate

And the Dpeaceful F#mair is Bmfilled

With a Bmsilent CharmoF#mny

AWe Ecan't be Dcertain at the Bmmoment Eof this Awriting

But Asurely Ein the Dfuture there'll be Bmno Ebarking Adogs

The Fsound of Gcrying Dbabies Ewill be AthankfulCly forDgotten

F#mNo more Ewill the Dchattering Dclasses Emake a Anoise

By the Atime you Eget this Dnote

A milBmleniEum from Anow

We'll have Aall gone Eup in Dsmoke

There'll be Bmno way Eto Areply

And we AconfiEdently Dknow

You'll enBmjoy a Ebetter Atime

When the Aevils Ethat we Dfaced

Will at Bmlast be Elaid to Arest

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Lost My Mind

Key: AmCapo 4Hard

AmLostG myC mind

AmLeft somewherGe behiFnd

EmMust'veG put it iAmn amongCst

The Dthings foFr throwing Gout

AmNowhereG to beC found

Probably Amburied uGndergroFund

I'd Emgo try toG dig it Amup

But I Cdon't want to DwastGe mCy time

F To summaGrize, this whole Cplanet is eFllipCtiFcal

F In short, I Gam both the Cbag and the FboCxing Fglove

G So I'll apply this wet trFansfer tattoo showing

A fCinger pointing at the other Gone that Fsays I

AmLostG myC mind

AmLeft somewhereG behinFd

EmMust'veG put it iAmn amongCst

The Dthings foFr throwing Gout

AmNowhereG to beC found

Probably Amburied uGndergroFund

I'd Emgo try toG dig it Amup

But I Cdon't want to DwastGe mCy time

FGAmG

FFloating Gdown a lazy Criver is my FmindC F

F Circling an unknown Gbaggage carousel is Calso my FmindC F

F Do you ever even thGink of me?

E The way I'm always tAmhinking of you

With a Dglassy-eyed staEmre

Knowing sFomewhere out thereG

It AmwalksG theC earth

AmSeparGated atF birth

EmTerroGrizingAm villCages

With inDtellFigent rGemarks

AmLostG myC mind

AmLeft somewherGe behiFnd

I'd Emgo try toG dig it Amup

But I Cdon't know Dwhere

BeGcause I Clost my mind

(AmLostG myC mind)

Lost my

(AmLeft somewheGre behFind)

mind

(EmMust haveG put it iAmn amCongst thDe things foFr throwingG out)

The one I left be- hind

AmNowhereG to beC found

AmBuried GundergrFound

And EmI wouldG dig itAm up

But I Cjust don't Dhave thaGt kind oCf time

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10.

You Dont Like Me

Key: FHard

D/F

F#m

I knowF what yAou're thinkiDng G

D/FI can Gread your Amind D

FIn your Athoughts it's DobvioGus

D/FYou don't Glike Ame D

From aGcross a crowded room

You can feel me staring

And you Dknow that I can see

How it is

There's so much F#mpleasure to be had

From mystBmery and secret plans

But you don't Glike me

'cause I can read your Amind

FI can Asee the DfuturGe

D/FLike it's Gin the Apast D

FYou will Anever Dbe my Gfriend

D/FYou don't Glike Ame D

FI know Awhat you're DthinkiGng

D/FI can Gread your Amind D

FIn your Athoughts it's DobvioGus

D/FYou don't Glike Ame D

DYou like D/Fci---Ggarettes

D/FSwimmGing laps

D/FPotatGo chips, D/FBattlGeship

Cats AAnd Court DTV

DYou like D/Fsha---Gdow puppets

D/FWoodyG Harrelson

D/FReadiGng in the bath

D/FNirvaGna and baseAball caps

FYou can Ahear me DtalkingG

D/FRight up Gtill I Astop D

FWhen I Ado, I'm Dgone to Gyou

But D/Fyou were Galways Athere D

I can Ghear the friendly words

Of advice that I'd be offered

If I Dhad a friend

To offer me advice

I'd be F#mtold to let it go

And that I Bmcare to much

But this is not Gabout me

And you don't want to Aknow

FI can Asee the DfuturGe

D/FLike it's Gin the Apast D

FYou will Anever Dbe my Gfriend

D/FYou don't Glike Ame D

DYou like D/FBollyGwood

D/FSnowmGachines

D/FDagueGrreotypes, D/FbeautGy contests

AAnd cruise Dcontrol

DYou like D/FboostGer rockets

D/FCuttiGng with a fork

D/FTermiGnator 2

D/FThe mGorning and WillAiam DTell

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